22As regards, first, the concept of ‘legal costs’ to be reimbursed by the unsuccessful party appearing in Article 14 of Directive 2004/48, it must be observed that that concept includes, amongst others, the lawyer’s fees, that directive containing no element allowing the conclusion to be reached that those fees, which constitute generally a substantial part of the costs incurred in the context of proceedings aimed at ensuring the enforcement of an intellectual property right, are excluded from the scope of that article.
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